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Biography& Publications-DR Swamy KB Swamy K B, presently working as Professor& HOD of Clinical Anatomy, Lincoln University, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA, has been awarded PhD by Andhra University, India. He has taken his Master’s Degree MS (in Clinical Anatomy) from Andhra Medical College, India, DMCh (Maternal & Child Health) from IGNOU, New Delhi, his Medical Degree (MBBS) in 1976, He has expertise in Human Genetics, Reproductive & Developmental Anatomy and also in Herbal Medicine. He has been the genetic counselor for many institutions, with prestigious grants (FRGS,,URGS) from Malaysian Government, he has conducted many researches on Herbal Medicine and Diabetes, on “Brain size and Intelligence Quotient (IQ)”, He has been the former founder Anatomist, Professor and Head of the Department for many Medical Schools in India as well as in Malaysia. He is an International Editorial Board Member for many reputed journals like Anatomical Society of India (ASI). Recently he has been unanimously elected as an Executive Board Member for ASI and an Organizing Committee Member for the “9th Euro-Global Summit on Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology held through June 22-24, 2017 at Paris, France., 11th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Research October 02-03, 2017 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Editor for many journals like "Novel Techniques in Nutrition and FoodScience". Journal, Herald Scholarly Open Access Journals ( Annals Of anatomy & Physiology), Journal Anatomival Society Of India (JASI) and many more and also Manscript reviewer for journals like “Food & Chemical Toxicolgy (Elseveir), "Novel Techniques in Nutrition and FoodScience" and many more.

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He has expertise in multi medical disciplines, Human Genetics, Reproductive Health & Developmental Anatomy and in Herbal Medicine. He has been the genetic counsellor for many Medical institutions. He possess prestigious grants FRGS,URGS from Malaysia, he has conducted researches on Herbal Medicine and Diabetes, “Brain size and Intelligence Quotient (IQ)”,

Organizing Committee - Euro Toxicology 2017

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Philip Wexler is a Technical Information Specialist at the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program (TEHIP) and federal liaison to the Toxicology Education Foundation. He is the Editor-in-Chief of three editions of the Encyclopedia of Toxicology (Elsevier. 3rd ed. 2014), four editions of Information Resources in Toxicology (Elsevier. 4th ed. 2009), Chemicals, Environment, Health: A Global Management Perspective (CRC Press/Taylor and Francis. 2011), and the Taylor and Francis journal, Global Security: Health, Science, and Policy. He is also overseeing an Elsevier monographic series on Toxicology History. Two volumes on Toxicology in Antiquity have been published and a follow-up on Toxicology in the Middle Ages and Renaissance is scheduled for publication in March, 2017. He is a recipient of the NLM Regents Award for Scholarly or Technical Achievement and the US Society of Toxicology’s Public Communications Award.

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Pierre Eftekhari has completed his PhD from Strasbourg University. He has more than 19 years of experience in Drug Development and is the President of Inoviem Scientific, a company dedicated to cutting edge solutions in drug development. He has published more than 30 papers in reputed journals and filed several patents.

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Eric Ezan studied Biological Engineering at the University of Compiegne, France. After a first experience at the University of Waterloo (Ontario), he obtained a PhD degree at the University Paris V in Pharmacological Sciences (1989). He then joined the Institute Pasteur of Paris for two-year Post-doctoral experience. He was recruited by the CEA (Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission) in 1991, where he became the Head of the Laboratory for Drug Metabolism at the CEA in 2000. This laboratory located at Saclay, south of Paris, is involved in the development of immunological methods and mass spectrometry for the discovery of biomarkers and quantification of small molecular weight drugs and biologicals for preclinical and clinical applications. The laboratory also became a leader in the use of mass spectrometry approaches for the detection biological weapons. In 2014, he joined the CEA Program for the development of health technology.

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Farhan Sahito is a Senior Project Manager for the SIIP EU funded project (Speaker Identification Integrated Project) at INTERPOL. Mr. Sahito has done his Ph.D. in at Graz University of Technology Austria. His research aims to advance Cyber Crime detection methods for the protection of infrastructures and e-businesses from financially, politically and socially incentivized cyber threats. He has done Master's in Information Technology from Pakistan and Master's in Criminology from University of Melbourne, Australia. Mr. Sahito has been working with Pakistan police since 2002. Before joining INTERPOL as a Senior Project Manager, he was working as Deputy Director in Cyber Crime Department in the Federal Investigation Agency Pakistan.

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His research interests include cybercrime, law enforcement, digital forensic investigations, biometrics, financial investigation

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José Fernando Santos Almeida is a Psychiatrist and completed his PhD from Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (Universidade do Porto). He is a Professor and President of Scientifi c Council of Instituto Universitário da Maia and Editor-Chief of Psiquiatria, Psicologia & Justiça.

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Plant physiologist, B. Schoefs graduated from the Botany Department at the Liège University, Belgium in 1994. He worked for the Liège University, the South Bohemia University, the CNRS. He became Professor in Plant Physiology at the University of Dijon, France. In 2011, he joined the University of Le Mans, France. He is the leader of the ‘Metabolism and engineering of microalgal molecules and applications’ research group. He has published more than 70 papers, edited books, monographies and special issues. He is a member of the editorial board of Frontiers in Plant Science, Communicative and Integrative Biology and Botany Letters. He won the Prize Clos from the Toulouse Academy of Sciences, France and the annual scientific competition of the Belgian Academy of Science.

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His research is focuses on the physiological (photosynthesis, respiration), biochemical (carbon metabolism, pigments) and molecular responses (transcription factors) of photosynthetic organisms, including algae, to biotic or abiotic stresses.

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Anna Radominska Pandya serves as a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at UAMS; and she is the Editor in Chief for Drug Metabolism Review. She received her PhD from the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, Poland. She has published 175 papers in various peer-reviewed journals, and she has received twelve R01 grants from the NIH and DoD. Her research interests include: The regulation and
suppression of human UGTs and their role as anti-proliferative agents in cancer models, the interactions between UGTs and cannabinoid receptors, the delivery of UGT genes and drugs into cancer cells using nanomaterial, and the roles of UGTs in the biotransformation of drugs including resveratrols and drugs of abuse
such as marijuana and synthetic cannabinoids.

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Yazan Akkam has completed his PhD from University of Arkansas and Post-doctoral studies on Nanotoxicity from Institute for Nanosciences and Engineering, Arkansas. He is the Head of Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, Yarmouk University, Jordan. Also, he is a Member of the National
Committee for the Management of Nanomaterials- Ministry of Environment, Jordan.

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Manju Sharma is an MD and Doctor of Naturopathy working currently as a Scientist at Vancouver Prostate Centre, Vancouver General Hospital, Canada for the
last 10 years. Prior to this, she worked in the Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, VGH for 10 years on various projects including molecular diagnosis of
tuberculosis, multi-drug resistant tuberculosis, human solid tumors, kidney disorders, medicinal herbal plants like Echinacea which is widely used all over Europe
and North America for the treatment of cough and cold: Active principles and their mode of action on various human viral and bacterial diseases. She has published
over 75 papers in medical journals and has made several presentations in the fi eld of Medicine.

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Stefano Bonassi is a Doctor in Biological Sciences - University of Genova and a Specialist in Medical Statistics and Epidemiology - University of Pavia. He is
a Faculty for PhD programs in Human Genetics of the Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, and M2E2 International courses of Molecular Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases at the Maastricht University, the Netherlands. He is a reviewer of many journals such as Experimental Research; Mutagenesis; Cancer Epidemiology; Biomarkers & Prevention et al.

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Swamy K B has been awarded PhD by Andhra University, India. He has taken his Master’s Degree i.e., MS (in Clinical Anatomy) from Andhra Medical College, India. He took his Medical Degree (MBBS) in 1976. He is specialized in Human Genetics and Herbal Medicine. He has conducted many researches on Herbal Medicine and Diabetes and “Brain size and Intelligence Quotient (IQ)” on which he has conducted researches and has published more than 25 research papers in high impact factor indexed international journals. He is a founder Anatomist for many Medical Universities in Malaysia. He is the former Professor and Head of the Department of Anatomy for many Medical Schools in India and Malaysia. He has been serving as an Editorial Board Member for many reputed journals.

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Marcelo L. Larramendy, Ph.D., serves as Professor of Molecular Cell Biology at the School of Natural Sciences and Museum (National University of La Plata, Argentina). Appointed Senior Researcher of the National Scientific and Technological Research Council of Argentina. Former Member of the Executive Committee of the Latin American Association of Environmental Mutagenesis, Teratogenesis and Carcinogenesis. Author of more than 470 contributions, including scientific publications, research communications and conferences worldwide. Recipient of several national and international awards. Prof. Larramendy is a regular Lecturer at the international A. Hollaender Courses organized by the IAEMS and former guest scientist at NIH (USA) and University of Helsinki, (Finland). He is expert in Genetic Toxicology and is, or has been, referee for more than 30 international scientific journals. Member of the International Panel of Experts at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC, WHO, Lyon, France) in 2015 for the evaluation of DDT, 2,4-D and Lindane. Presently, Prof. Dr. Larramendy is Head of the Laboratory of Molecular Cytogenetics and Genotoxicology at the UNLP.

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Friday E Uboh completed his PhD from University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria, and is presently an Associate Professor of Biochemistry, with Toxicology as his area of research interest. He served as the acting Head of Biochemistry Department in the Department of Biochemistry University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria, from 2011 to 2013. He is a member of Nigerian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Institute of Public Analysts of Nigeria. He has more than 60 papers published in reputable journals, and is a reviewer and Editorial Board Member of many journals of repute. He has also presented many conference papers locally and internationally.

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Dr. Izaskun Larrieta-Rubín de Celis has been lecturer at the University of the Basque Country (Spain) since 2009. Prior to this, she had worked as managing director for 17 years in a SME involved in technology innovation and software development. Her primary research interests deal with CSR and gender equality. She has defended her doctoral thesis on ‘The Management of Gendered Social Responsibility: the establishment of a framework and the implementation in companies committed to gender equality’. She has been involved in a project financed by the Spanish Ministry of Equality researching good gender practices in most gender committed Spanish companies. She has published on Gendered Social Responsibility and has proven commitment to interdisciplinary research linking CSR, gender studies, health and safety issues and corporate governance.

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Her research interest includes Occupational Toxicology and Health, CSR, gender issues in workplace

Organizing Committee - Euro Toxicology 2016

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Silvio De Flora, MD, PhD, was assistant Professor (1966), full Professor and chairman (1975), and Professor emeritus (2012) at the School of Medicine of the University of Genoa (Italy), where he was director for 22 years of the Institute of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine (1986-1998) and of the Department of Health Sciences (1999-2005 and 2010-2012). Author of 460 full length papers, 308 of which available in PubMed. The overall impact factor is 1500. With almost 14,000 citations, the h-index is 58. He published in collaboration with 140 laboratories in European countries, China, Japan, India, New Zealand and USA. Member of the editorial board of 16 international journals. Principal investigator of a number of research projects, 10 of which awarded by the US NIH. He received several honors, among which the award from the Michigan State University (2002), the Sobels Award (Greece, 2005), and dedication of 10th ICMAA (Brazil, 2010).

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His research interest was focused on epidemiology and prevention of viral
diseases until 1975. Thereafter he investigated several topics related to
genomics, environmental mutagenesis and prevention of cancer and other chronic
degenerative diseases, including chemoprevention of cancer and modulation of
molecular biomarkers

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Stefano BONASSI, born on January, 3, 1956 is a Doctor in Biological Sciences - University of Genova and a Specialist in Medical Statistics and Epidemiology - University of Pavia. He is a Faculty for PhD programs in human genetics of the Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, and M2E2 International courses of Molecular Epidemiology of Chronic diseases at the Maastricht University, the Netherlands . He is a reviewer of many Journals such as Experimental Research; Mutagenesis; Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention Et al.

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Stefano BONASSI is interested in the use of biomarkers in human population and clinical studies. He studied chromosomal damage in the early stages of carcinogenesis and other chronic diseases. He coordinated the epidemiological part of international projects, such as ESCH on chromosome

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Giovanni Pagano graduated in Biological Sciences in 1971 at Naples University and at the International Institute of Genetics and Biophysics in Naples. He served the Italian National Cancer Institute in Naples up to retirement in 2005, with a major focus on environmental toxicology. In recent years GP has collaborated with a number of national and international institutions, and lecturing at several post-graduate courses. The current positions are Research Contractor at Federico II University, and Associate Researcher at the Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn. GP authored over 100 publications receiving over 2000 citations; ResearchGate Score 36.63.

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His research interests mainly lies in the fields of Aquatic Ecotoxicology, Genotoxicity, Biomarkers and Cytogenetics

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Boris A. Katsnelson, born in 1926 (October 20) in Lugansk, Ukraina is the Head of Department of Toxicology and Biological Prophylaxis at the the Ekaterinburg Medical Research Center for Prophylaxis & Health Protection in Industrial Workers. He graduated from Сhelyabinsk State Medical College (Russia) in 1949 as a GP and received postgraduate training in occupational medicine in the same year at the Central Institute for the Postgraduate Medical Education (Moscow). During 1949 – 1954 he worked as an industrial sanitary inspector and occupational health specialist in different state agencies in Chelyabinsk. In 1954 - 1957 he received postgraduate scientific training (as a PhD student) in occupational medicine at the Moscow Institute of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences. He recently worked in the Sverdlovsk Research Institute of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Diseases later on reorganized into the Ekaterinburg Medical Research Center.

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Mohamed Abou-Donia is currently working as a Professor of Pharmacology & Cancer Biology at the Duke University Basic Science Departments. He obtained his Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley 1967. He also worked as a Professor in Neurobiology, Neurobiology, Basic Science Departments. He was honored in 2004 with the Traditional Fulbright Scholarship. Council for International Exchange of Scholars.

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His research interest mainly lies in understanding the basic mechanisms by which chemicals adversely affect the nervous system, which should lead to a better assessment of acute and chronic neurotoxicities and the development of drugs to prevent or treat them. His recent publications include Autoantibodies to nervous system-specific proteins are elevated in sera of flight crew members: biomarkers for nervous system injury and many such sublime ones.

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Diana Anderson holds the Established Chair in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Bradford. She obtained her first degree in the University of Wales and second degrees in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Manchester. She has over 450 peer-reviewed papers, 8 books, has successfully supervised 26 PhDs, and been an Editorial Boards Member of 10 international journals. She has been or is Editor in Chief of a book Series on toxicology for J. Wiley and sons and the Royal Society of Chemistry respectively. She gives key note addresses at various international meetings. She is a consultant for many international organisations, such as the WHO, NATO, TWAS, UNIDO and the OECD.

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Eva Cecilie Bonefeld-Jørgensen (ECB-J), Professor in Human Environmental Toxicology and Director of Center for Arctic Health (http://www.cah.au.dk/) has been the head of the research group (1 part-time professor, 1 associated professor, 1 post doc, 4 PhD students, 1 research assistant, 2 research year stud. med, 2 student assistants, 2 technical assistant, 2 thesis research student) for more than 18 years and has more than 15 years of experience in the research area of human toxicology and endocrine disruptors. ECB-J has a formal education as research leader.

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Marcelo L. Larramendy, Ph.D., serves as Professor of Molecular Cell Biology at the School of Natural Sciences and Museum (National University of La Plata, Argentina). Appointed Senior Researcher of the National Scientific and Technological Research Council of Argentina. Former Member of the Executive Committee of the Latin American Association of Environmental Mutagenesis, Teratogenesis and Carcinogenesis. Author of more than 470 contributions, including scientific publications, research communications and conferences worldwide. Recipient of several national and international awards. Prof. Larramendy is a regular Lecturer at the international A. Hollaender Courses organized by the IAEMS and former guest scientist at NIH (USA) and University of Helsinki, (Finland). He is expert in Genetic Toxicology and is, or has been, referee for more than 30 international scientific journals. Member of the International Panel of Experts at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC, WHO, Lyon, France) in 2015 for the evaluation of DDT, 2,4-D and Lindane. Presently, Prof. Dr. Larramendy is Head of the Laboratory of Molecular Cytogenetics and Genotoxicology at the UNLP.

Research Interest

Marcelo L. Larramendy’s fields of research interest include genotoxicity, Teratogenesis and Carcinogenesis. His areas of expertise include Molecular Cytogenetcis, Genetic Toxicology and Ecotoxicology.

Biography

Myung-Haing Cho has completed his Ph.D in Toxicology from the University of California, Davis, USA and his M.S in Vet. Toxicology from Seoul National University, Korea. At present he is serving as a President of Korean Society of Toxicology. He is also a member at the Science and Technology Commission of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries,Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Korea.

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His Research interests are mainly into the field of Toxicology, Veterinary Toxicology, Nanoparticles and Nanotechnology

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Vesna Matović has completed her BSc Pharm, University of Belgrade, MSc Pharm in Toxicological chemistry at the University of Belgrade. She has done her PhD Pharm in Toxicological chemistry at the University of Belgrade. She is now serving as a Professor at Department of Toxicology “Akademik Danilo Soldatović” Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade

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Her research interests include: Toxicology and ecotoxicology of metals, Interactions between heavy metals and bioelements, Toxicology and ecotoxicology of persistent organic pollutants, Mechanisms of toxicity, Oxidative stress induction and Toxicology of Mixtures.

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María Concepción Gutiérrez Rui has completed her Degree in Chemistry from the Universidad Iberoamericana (1976) and her Masters of Experimental Biology at the UAM (1980). She obtained her Doctorate in Pharmacology in Research Center and Advanced Studies. She is serving as a National level III Investigator.

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Her Research Interest Includes: Health Sciences, Cellular and molecular mechanisms, Pharmacology and Toxicology

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Friday EUboh completed his PhD from University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria, and is presently an Associate Professor of Biochemistry, with Toxicology as his area of research interest. He served as the acting Head of Biochemistry Department in the Department of Biochemistry University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria, from 2011 to 2013. He is a member of Nigerian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Institute of Public Analysts of Nigeria. He has more than 60 papers published in reputable Journals, and is a reviewer and Editorial Board Member of many Journals of repute. He has also presented many conference papers, locally and internationally.

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His Research interests include Biochemistry, Toxicology and Molecular Biology, Toxicology being his main focus.

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Professor at Zhejiang University Institute of Respiratory Diseases, China,Hangzhou Songmin Ying was a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at the University of Oxford • Gray Institute for Radiation Oncology and Biology. He was also a Cancer Research UK China Fellow at the University of Oxford • Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine. He obtained his PhD from Technische Universität München Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Immunologie und Hygiene.

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Omid Sabzevari (OS) is a scientist in the field of Mechanistic Toxicology and Pharmacology, Xenobiotics Analysis and Food Safety. OS was listed among Top 1% Scientists of the World according to ESI/ISI in May 2012. OS is a Temporary Adviser of WHO and a scientific member of the Expert Panel on Food Safety, JECFA. OS is President of Iranian Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (IranAPS) and President of Iranian Society of Toxicology (IranTox). He is also the Head of Basic and Clinical Toxicology Research Centre, TUMS.

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